You’ve probably already seen our huge list of World’s Strangest Buildings, and now it’s time to see how buildings can be creatively used  in advertising.

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Yesterday I was walking by an office building and looked up and saw a huge sign on it: “Affection”. As it turns out, it’s the name of an IT company that is renting some office space in that building. However, from a mere mortal’s point of view, it may seem that the whole building belongs to them.

If a plain logo can have such a strong impact when placed on a building, this means that after putting some creativity in your message – it could have a tremendous success. Besides being on 24 hours a day, ads on buildings also target a specific audience according to location.

To sum up, building advertisements are BIG, powerful, location-based and always on. And if they are really good – they also end up here on Bored Panda.

So,  let’s take a look at 20 most creative examples of ads placed on buildings and afterwards tell us: which one do you like best?

1. Coop’s Paints (Insurance Ad)

Advertising Agency: TM Advertising , USA, Dallas

2. Wash Me

Alco – extremely concentrated industrial cleaning products. Advertising Agency: Alma, Santiago, Chile

3. Axe : Calendar

Advertising Agency: When Gee, Seoul, South Korea

4. In An Absolut World

Advertising Agency: TBWA Berlin

5. Allstate Insurance: Marina Tower

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett Chicago, USA

6. Powerhouse Gym

Advertising School: Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, USA

7. Coca-Cola : Refresh On The Side Of Life

Advertising Agency: Maclaren McCann, Toronto, Canada (thanks Cutie)

8. Vodafone : Make The Most Of Now

Agency: BBH London

9. Anando Milk – Superhuman Powers

Advertising Agency: McCANN ERICKSON, Mumbai, India

10. Inception: The Dream Is Real

Advertising Agency: unknown

11. Lego Block

Advertising Agency: unknown

12. Check The Gas

Advertising Agency: unknown

13. Pepsi and Nescafe

Advertising Agency: unknown

14. Pantene Anti-Breakage Shampoo

Advertising Agency: Grey Canada, Toronto, Canada

15. Red Bull : City Scramble

Advertising Agency: Kastner & Partner, Sydney, Australia

16. Siemens Mixer

Advertising Agency: unknown

17. Nike Football

Advertising Agency: unknown

18. Nike Sport

Advertising Agency: unknown

19. Mini: Vending Machine

Advertising Agency: unknown

20. Kill Bill Vol. 1

TBWA Berlin